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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the return of Chantal Anicoche to the United States: “I’ve spoken with Chantal and am pleased that... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Return of Chantal Anicoche

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) – both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) announced the Foreign... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Curtis, Kim Bipartisan Bill to Support Taiwan’s International Presence, Counter China’s Economic Coercion Earns Key Committee Approval

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the Foreign Relations Committee’s unanimous passage of his and Senator... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Rounds Bipartisan Bill to Codify U.S.-Africa Leadership Program Earns Key Committee Approval

Today, U.S. Senator Van Hollen submitted the following statement for the record on the minibus appropriations package with funding for the Department of Defense; State and Foreign... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement for the Record on the Minibus Appropriations Package

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by 11 of his Senate colleagues in urging the Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) against... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Rollback of Probationary Federal Employee Protections

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Durbin, and Peters in Filing Amicus Brief Urging Circuit Court to Affirm the Critical Protections of Minors in Immigration Detention

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) introduced a bicameral resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Huffman Introduce Bicameral Resolution Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in urging the Trump Administration to give detailed... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Warner, and Kaine Demand Answers on Trump Administration’s Takeover of DC Golf Courses

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim... Continue Reading about Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement on Trump Administration’s Expanded Global Gag Rule

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Glenn Ivey, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) announced $1,442,360 in... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce $1.4 Million to Improve Road Safety in Harford, Talbot, Prince George’s Counties, Baltimore City

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement after a phone call with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Mazloum. “After decades of conflict and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Situation in Syria

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman April McClain Delaney were joined by U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski, Sarah Elfreth, Glenn Ivey,... Continue Reading about Maryland Congressional Delegation Presses Administration on ICE Actions in Maryland, Proposed Detention Facility in Hagerstown

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and their colleagues in introducing the No Taxpayer... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Bennet, Colleagues on Legislation to Block Taxpayer Reimbursements for Corporate Oil Investments in Venezuela

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Senate Passage of Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies FY 2026 Appropriations Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced his introduction of the Power for the People Act, legislation to rein in the rising electricity costs Americans are facing by... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Leads New Bill to Ensure Americans Aren’t Footing the Bill for Big Data Centers

After the Trump Administration illegally put the president’s name on federal property including the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Kennedy Center, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Sanders Introduce Bill to Ban Presidents from Naming Buildings After Themselves

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sanders Lead Colleagues in Urging Administration to Restore Funding for Full-Service Community Schools

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on Rep. Steny Hoyer’s announcement that he will retire from Congress: “Listening to Steny Hoyer's... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Rep. Hoyer Retirement Announcement

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on House & Senate Negotiated Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies FY 2026 Appropriations Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding Trump strikes in Venezuela: “The American people did not ask for this act of war to bring about... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Trump Strikes in Venezuela